diff --git a/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/configuration/otlp-http-configuration.ts b/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/configuration/otlp-http-configuration.ts
index 5480378f771..499e33eb50f 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/configuration/otlp-http-configuration.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/configuration/otlp-http-configuration.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import { validateAndNormalizeHeaders } from '../util';
 export interface OtlpHttpConfiguration extends OtlpSharedConfiguration {
   url: string;
   headers: () => Record<string, string>;
-  userAgent?: string;
 }
 
 function mergeHeaders(
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ export function mergeOtlpHttpConfigurationWithDefaults(
       validateUserProvidedUrl(userProvidedConfiguration.url) ??
       fallbackConfiguration.url ??
       defaultConfiguration.url,
-    userAgent: userProvidedConfiguration.userAgent,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/configuration/otlp-node-http-configuration.ts b/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/configuration/otlp-node-http-configuration.ts
index 75b367bc588..92db96313bd 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/configuration/otlp-node-http-configuration.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/src/configuration/otlp-node-http-configuration.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export function mergeOtlpNodeHttpConfigurationWithDefaults(
       userProvidedConfiguration.agentFactory ??
       fallbackConfiguration.agentFactory ??
       defaultConfiguration.agentFactory,
+    userAgent: userProvidedConfiguration.userAgent,
   };
 }